HYANNIS, MA- Texting Driver Seriously Injured in Crash- Truck Hits Building (12-01-10)

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HYANNIS, MA -- A 21-year-old Marstons Mills man who was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday evening pulled his car in front of a truck while texting on his cell phone, the police said. William Hellwig was listed in critical condition Wednesday night at Cape Cod Hospital, according to a hospital spokeswoman. The police said Hellwig turned onto Yarmouth Road from Ferndoc Street while texting at about 5 pm Wednesday. He drove straight into the path of a landscaping truck with a trailer traveling northbound on Yarmouth Road, a Barnstable police spokesman said. The truck struck Hellwig's silver four-door Volkswagen sedan on the driver's side, he said. The truck involved in the crash smashed into the wall of Plymouth Bed Furniture Outlet at 413 Yarmouth Road. The driver of the truck was not hurt. It crashed into a bathroom section of the building, according to a Hyannis Fire Department spokesman. There was no one in the bathroom but there were people in the nearby showroom. No one inside the store was injured, the fire department spokesman said. Rescue crews had to use an extrication device to remove Hellwig from his car. Public safety officials considering airlifting him to a Boston hospital but bad weather prevented a MedFlight helicopter from flying to Hyannis, the fire department spokesman said. Hellwig was knocked out in the crash but regained consciousness at the scene, according to the police, and said he was texting. It took rescue crews about 20 minutes <b>...</b>

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